Chapter 34 Suddenly, a madman sharpens his knife at night, and the emperor's star flutters high!

Luzhou is a large province among the nine provinces of the Daqian Dynasty, closest to the Daxuan Dynasty in the south.

At dawn in late autumn, on an open plain, a mysterious army quietly appeared among the Yellow Turbans.

They wore yellow scarves on their heads, held crude weapons in their hands, and their faces were filled with determination and resolve.

Tens of thousands of Yellow Turban soldiers gathered together, their eyes focused on the center of the sacrifice, where there was a tall altar with various offerings placed on it.

In the center of the altar, there is a huge wooden statue. Its face is majestic and mysterious, as if overlooking the land.

The statue's hands are clasped together, as if praying for something.

The ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven began, and the leaders of the Yellow Turban Army walked up to the altar one by one. They offered various sacrifices to the statue, including food, wine, livestock, etc.

Their voices were solemn and pious, as if they were telling the gods their wishes and determination.

As the ceremony progressed, the atmosphere around the altar became more and more solemn.

The soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army knelt down one after another, their eyes focused on the altar, as if praying to the gods for victory and protection.

After the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven ended, the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army stood up one after another, with firm and resolute expressions on their faces.

They know that the coming battle will be more difficult and cruel, but they are ready and they will fight to the end for their beliefs and ideals.

Their leader Zhang Jue, with his disciples Huang Chao and Shan Shituo, as well as Meng Zhang and Meng Huwang who had mixed in with the fake liquor, stood on a high hill, looking at the crowd below, their hearts filled with lofty ambitions.

"The blue sky is dead, the yellow sky should be established, the year is Jiazi, and the world is blessed with good fortune!" Zhang Jue shouted loudly, and his voice echoed in the morning air.

His voice was full of expectations for the future and determination to resist.

Following Zhang Jue's shout, the crowd erupted in deafening cheers, waving their weapons, their faces filled with fighting passion.

"The Blue Sky is dead, and the Yellow Sky should be established!" Cheers broke out in the crowd again.

Their voices echoed in the morning air, shaking the entire Yellow Turban region.

The Daqian Dynasty, which had been peaceful for more than 500 years, was finally awakened by a loud thunder.

Overnight, it seemed as if they had made an agreement with each other.

In the five states of the Daqian Central Region, countless common people wore yellow scarves, held crude weapons or even some simple farm tools, and frantically attacked government offices.

They burned down government offices, killed officials, and looted everywhere.

Among the nine states of Daqian, except for the two states in the northern border and the two states of Cang and Yun in the east, wars broke out in all the states in the central region.

The Yellow Turban leader Zhang Jue called himself General God of Heaven, while his brothers Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang called themselves General God of Earth and General God of People.

Zhang Jue used his prestige among the people to divide the Yellow Turban followers throughout the world into thirty-six factions, with the larger factions having more than ten thousand people and the smaller factions having six to seven thousand people.

Each side had a general who was in charge of the unified command, and a vigorous Yellow Turban Rebellion was launched throughout the Daqian world.

Most of these wars were caused by the Yellow Turbans, but there were also some local bandits or short-sighted and ambitious people who took advantage of the situation to rob people.

Within a month, wars broke out in dozens of counties in the five states of Daqian Central Region.

The Yellow Turban Army led by the Taiping Sect was unstoppable, states and counties were lost, officials and soldiers fled, and the capital was shaken.

bump!
In the Daqian court, the current emperor of Daqian, Si Xiaofei, slammed a pile of urgent memorials from various places in front of the civil and military officials.

"how?"

"Overnight, the previously prosperous Daqian was about to fall?"

Si Xiaofei was very angry. He had received a lot of intelligence about the Taiping Sect before, and he also knew that the Taiping Sect was established by those clowns in Daqian. But the intelligence he received only described the tricks among a group of ignorant and stupid fools.

how?

A group of ignorant and foolish people overturned the five states in the central region of Daqian in just a dozen days.

Obviously, most of the information about the Taiping Sect was concealed by the court's own "right-hand men".

Before, he thought they were just a group of peasants who took up arms.

This is a good opportunity to catch the group of rats behind them.

Now it seems that this group of rats is actually planning to drag me, the fisherman, into the water!
"Your Majesty, the most urgent task now is to send troops to suppress it as soon as possible."

"The states in the Central Region of Daqian have been at peace for a long time, so it is inevitable that some of our responses are inadequate. I hope Your Majesty will calm down."

When everyone in the court was trembling with fear because of Si Xiaofei, Daqian Prime Minister Kang Zhengjie stood up and bowed to Si Xiaofei, who was still angry.

"Hmph! Pass on my orders."

"I order Grand Tutor Gu to be the Grand Marshal of the Great Qian Rebellion Suppression Army, and to lead the five battalions of the Left and Right Xuan Qian Imperial Guards to station at the Qiandu Camp, prepare weapons, and guard the capital."

After giving a loud snort of anger to the civil and military officials below him, Si Xiaofei finally recovered the qualities of an emperor and began to give orders in a deep voice.

The Grand Tutor Gu he was referring to was naturally Daqian's undefeated god of war, Gu Changqing.

However, the Grand Tutor of Gu Changqing is not the Grand Tutor Dong of Dong Zhuo, but the Grand Tutor of Wen Zhong of Shang Dynasty.

A veteran of three dynasties, a trusted minister!

After saying this, Si Xiaofei still felt uneasy. After all, he might need Gu Changqing to lead the troops to attack the Taiping Sect later.

Therefore, in order to guard the imperial capital of Daqian, Si Xiaofei sent elite soldiers and generals to guard the important passes in the four directions of southeast, northwest, northeast and southwest of Qiandu.

On the other hand, he issued an edict to strictly guard all the five states in the central region of Daqian, ordering all states and counties to prepare for war, train soldiers, organize weapons, and summon the rebel army.

Faced with such a dangerous situation, Si Xiaofei finally stopped fishing and took it seriously, and began to seek advice from civil and military officials in the court.

The Daqian Dynasty has stood on the Tianwu Continent for more than 500 years. Its prestige has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and naturally it has no shortage of loyal ministers and capable generals.

On the other hand, Si Xiaofei wanted to suppress the Yellow Turbans in various places as soon as possible to prevent the situation in the world from further deteriorating.

He began to organize talented generals in the court and sent elite troops to various states in Daqian to suppress rebellions in various places.

Si Xiaofei racked his brains but couldn't figure out what was the point of Zhang Jiao, an old man over fifty years old, rebelling?
As long as Zhang Jue did not rebel, with so many followers, he would have money and status, even in the later history,

With his current achievements, he can also occupy a place in Taoism.

Today, he has followers throughout the entire Daqian territory, and even among the high-ranking officials in Qiandu there are followers of Zhang Jiao.

As long as he ignored the lives and deaths of the people, he could be said to have everything he wanted in his life.

And what happens after the rebellion?
His whole family had committed treason which warrants the extermination of nine generations of the clan, and they would be denounced as bandits in future history books.

For the throne?

He's an old man with one foot half in the ground and he won't be able to sit here for many more years.

And there is no news that Zhang Jue had any offspring.

So why did he rebel?
For what so-called ambition?

Or is it for the ridiculous reason of ordinary people?
(End of this chapter)